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[UPDATE] Path of Least Time - 25th April
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PuzzledPineapple
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 		[UPDATE] Path of Least Time - 25th April
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Tuesday, April 25 2006, 01:11 PM

You've probably all heard about Oistin Meade's survey - I gather that Anna has struck up some sort of deal with him to get access to the Ceretin 6 paper if all of you guys answer the survey. I buttonholed Von, our resident Earthologist, after our weekly CRT meeting this morning, and asked him about Meade. Von's going through what he calls a 'hipster' phase at the moment, wearing oversized sunglasses and caps with ironic slogans. I think he's getting a bit irritated by people helpfully telling him that his T-shirt is inside-out though...

"Oistin who?" asked Von, removing his sunglasses.

"Oistin Meade," I repeated. "You must know who he is, he's in Natural Sciences, doing some kind of survey to figure out the Earth mindset. Some kind of psych grad, probably in Earth Studies."

"Nope," he concluded, replacing his glasses.

"Look, why don't I show you, maybe we'll learn something?" I said.

We proceeded to Von's office, which was filled with Earth puzzlebooks and games that he'd gotten someone to replicate for him. I carefully moved one book with a picture of a hare on the front and sat down on the chair it'd been occupying. Following a few obligatory quips upon reaching Oistin's site (e.g. "Poor kid, to have parents who'd give him a name like that" and "Do they all have blue skin in Earth Studies?") we started going through the survey.

Judging by the noises that Von was making while I filled it out, he clearly felt that either the survey or my answers were nonsense, or perhaps both. I certainly found it very odd - I haven't seen the Rudon system of height used for a while, and I had to stand up against a wall while Von estimated the height of a small tree and compared it against me. My favourite animal was naturally the tretretretre - it's a shame you don't have them on Earth any more - and I found it quite hard deciding between Arca and Yevan, but I eventually went for Yevan (I've always had a sentimental side).

I don't really have access to Earth television, so I only selected 'News broadcasts' and 'Quantum Leap', the latter because it sounded quite cool. I wrote some nonsense for the ink blots and couldn't be bothered untying my shoes or buttering my left hand(!) so I just estimated those. By the end I was a bit exasperated by the survey's impenetrability, but the response made up for it:

Avoid salads and tall men. Don't close your eyes. Darkness can blind you.

Your responses to the inkblot test suggest that you are unable to censor your own thoughts. Your stream of consciousness gushes like the rapids of the Mazy River and anybody entering into conversation with you is likely to drown. There are a number of excellent cognitive therapists in Perplex City who may be able to help you overcome your problem. I am not one of them.

We stared at the screen for a few second without saying a word.

"I don't think you need a cognitive therapist," volunteered Von.

"Thanks," I said.

Von then had a go at filling in the survey, explaining to me why he thought these particular questions had been used. "It's the CRR - there are some really weird guys there, like Caius and Wildwood's group. Plus this guy Meade, I bet that he comes from Autonomica or Veonyx or something - that'd explain the questions about TV." It makes sense, I suppose. A few minutes and some shoe-tying later, Von was finished:

Have you done one of these tests before? Congratulations - you scored 104%. Don't close your eyes. Darkness can blind you.

Your responses to the inkblot test suggest that you are a well-balanced Earth person - well done! Your combination of answers suggests that you are a very confident and cool individual.

"How did you get that?" I exclaimed.

"I just answered honestly," he said, looking perplexed.

"Well, whatever," I said. "As long as it gets the job done."

"What job?" asked Von.

"Figuring out the mindset of Earth people," I said quickly.

"Hmmm," said Von sceptically. "I don't know about that..."


New challenge - get Von's answers and prove that we earth people can be well balanced earth people too!

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SteveC
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 		Yeah, sounds to me like we might get somewhere extra if we manage to get the "correct" answers throughout.. The tough one is going to be the inkblots - anyone got an OK on that yet?

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I carefully moved one book with a picture of a hare on the front

Nice little Masquerade reference there...
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buzman wrote:
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I carefully moved one book with a picture of a hare on the front

Nice little Masquerade reference there...

Except the cover of Masquerade shows a small child running around a tree... the kid's holding a hare mask but that's hardly the one detail you'd pick up on if you were only seeing it for as long as it took to move it.

So the question is - cock-up or conspiracy? Does it mean something that they got it wrong? Did they want to telegraph a reference to the book and feared we needed the broad hint because we wouldn't get it if they were more accurate? Or did they just want to make a respectful nod to it and mis-remembered?

*goes off to dig out Beloved Other Half's copy to see if the penny pockets picture sheds any light on Shuffled*
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 		So it does.

This must have been what what I was thinking of.

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 		FWIW: I had emailed Von when Tippy's email was activated. I never got a response or a bounce back so I assume his email is active but I didn't have the right questions yet.

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buzman wrote:
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I carefully moved one book with a picture of a hare on the front

Nice little Masquerade reference there...
This is my first time posting....I've been lurking for some time now. I just wanted to mention that I immediately thought of Watership Down.

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 		I, umm, thought of Beatrix Potter books, but then again I suppose there would've been a mention of the hare wearing clothes. Or being a rabbit.

Could it just be a coincidence, though? ...nah.

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 		Hmm... I thought of masquerade. I'd look to see if my copy has a different cover, but it's at my parent's house.
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 		The one i imagined was Alice in Wonderland...

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 		Wheras since it was specified that they're all puzzle books, I figured it was something like that optical illusion that looks like a hare vertically but a duck horizontally...

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